Key holder



Jan; 9, 1923..

KEY HOLDER.

v HLEDMAR.29.1922.

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.application `lili-:il lltarcli 39, lllfft. Serial llo. 547,746.

To all whom it mag/.concern lle it known that tliinrsTL/in .inner-inn and FRANK lll/v. lioon'rz, citizens of the llnited States, residing; at Massillon, in the county olf Stark, State 0i tibio, have invented a nevi.7 and. useful Key Holder; and we do hereby declare the 'following to be a lfull, clear, and exact description ot the invcntion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

'.lhe invention relates to key holders and has for its object to provide a device of this character which is carried by the key hole plate oi a door lock and pivoted thereto and provided with means l'or engaging1 and holding a key extending' through the key hole against rotation., thereby preventing not only the turning oit the key, but at lthe saine time preventing the key 'troni bein?,` pushed out oi the lock.

A further obj ect is to provide a key holder tor door locks, said holderl comprising a body member having a transversely disposed ineinber adapted to engage in the key: hole and be turned therein for attaching the hody member to the key hole plate. l-lilso 'to provide the body member with a notch i'or the reception ot a` rectangular shaped portion of a key shank and a hooked ineinber pivoted to the body member for holding the shank of the key in the notch et the body member.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement oit parts as hereinafter set i forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it beingunderstood that changes in the precise embodiment oi" the invention niay be inade Within the scope of what is claimed without departing troni the spirit ott the invention.

ln the drawing-P .Figure l is a liront elevation of a conventional. torni of key hole plate, showing a key therein and the key holding,F device applied thereto.

lfigure 2 is a side elevation of a portion of a key hole plate showing; the device applied thereto.

lligure 3 is a plan view ott a key having n a rectangular shaped shank and adapted to be held by the key holding device.

Figure l is a top plan view ot the key. Referring to the drawing, the numeral l natos a conventional torni oi key hole used in connection with door locks and y hole therein. llivotally connected at cent the key hole is a plate 4l, which ate when nioved to vertical. position shown i lfigure l, covers the key hele 2. llFhe plate l adjacent upper end is provided with a recess 5, which recess receives the rectangular shaped portion 6 ot the key 7 in such a. rnanner to hold. the key against rotation. The rectangular shaped portion il is reduced relation to the shank 8 of the key thereby loriningl shoulders 9 which will ',in'event the key lirorn being llorced out elV the key hole 2 and consequently preventing' c, ei .um olf the lock by ineans oit a skeleton key. lo prevent the plate 4l: troni niovinfr ont ol? operative position as shown in gere l, a hook l0 is provided, which hook is pivotally connected at 1l to the plate l and hooks over the rectangular shaped portion (l oit' the .key shank 8, thereby preventing1 displacement oi'f the saine and maintainiup; the plate in locked position as shown in .lligijure l. .lt will be noted that the key cannot be turned in the lock for the reason that the rectangular shaped portion 6 of the key will engage the upper and lower walls 5LL ot the recess 5.

lleiterring to Figure 3 wherein a modified torni is shown, the construction is substantially the saule as in Figures l and 2 with the exception that the plate l is provided with a plate .l2 having' a reduced shank 13. The plate l2 when nioved to a vertical position in the key hole below the key 'l' and the device as a whole to vertical position.. forms ineans for securing; the device to the key hole plate l in such a manner that its shoulders la will engage the inner side olf the plate l and prevent displacement of the device. The torni shown. in figure 3 is ot a portable type and may be attached to key hole plates in hotels and the like and is particul-arly adapted.

lli-ein the above it will. be seen that a key holder provided, which is simple in construction., the parts reduced to a minimum and one which may be easily and quickly applied to key hole plate.

The invention. having been set torth what is claimed new and useful is f lhe combination with a key hole plate having: a key hole therein, ol means for preventing rotation and renioval oit a key,

said means comprising a plate, a shouldered member carried by one end of the plate and adapted 'to pass into the key hole and be turned to a position Where the shoulders thereof Will prevent removal of the plate, a. hooked member pivotally connected to the free end of the plate and adjacent a recess in the plate, said hooked member forming means for hooking over the shank of the key and holding the same in the recess, said shank of the key being rectangular shaped and of sufficient size to prevent rotation thereof in the recess.

ln testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence 'l5 of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHRISTIAN HELSCHER. FRANK W. KOONTZ.

Witnesses:

HARRY DOERGER, CEAS. J. LURTIG. 

